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Feeling bad about last year's Field Day, in which her slow running cost the relay team a victory, Nancy, who enjoys using fancy words, finds herself facing another Field Day and another relay race with a mean classmate.

Emily Windsnap doesn't know how to swim. Her mother has always cautioned her to stay out of the water. But it's hard to make friends at the beach when everyone else is having fun in the waves! So when swimming lessons start at school, Emily is excited to finally have the chance to learn. Standing beside the pool, she feels the water calling her, but when she jumps in, she gets a strange, kind of scary sensation ... like her legs are stuck together....

Monkey is upset because he has lost a tooth, so Cake tries to make him feel better by telling him about the Tooth Fairy--but Monkey just wants his tooth named Kevin.

Discover how Raya and Tuk Tuk met and became friends in this Step 2 Step into Reading leveled reader!

"First Day - The first day at school can be scary. Can a kind teacher, some new friends, and a fun pet help? Soccer Surprise - Who will be brave enough to get the lost ball back? It rolled in front of the spooky house"--

When Nancy, the girl who loves to use fancy words, learns about Earth Day and "being green," her enthusiasm causes problems at home.

"Subtraction can be a challenging concept for young readers to master, but through the use of relatable problems, clear text, and helpful visual examples, early learners are given the tools to become subtracting superstars"-- www.greenhavenpublishing.com

School's out, and Splat can't wait to visit the waterpark, but first he needs make some money-selling lemonade! Splat opens a lemonade stand to make enough money to buy a ticket to the Super Jump Water Park. But when Spike opens another lemonade stand right across the street, Splat is in for some friendly competition. He's going to have to think fast to beat his rival!

"Developed by literacy experts and educators for students in PreK through grade two, this book introduces beginning readers to eels through simple, predictable text and related photos"--Provided by publisher"--

Describes natural disasters which have occurred in various places throughout the world including the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 A.D., the Yellow River flood in 1887, and the Australian bush fires in 1983.